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2024 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES (§§ 16-1-1 — 16-17-10)
Chapter 3 - DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS (§§ 16-3-1 — 16-3-40)
Article 2 - JUSTIFICATION AND EXCUSE (§§ 16-3-20 — 16-3-28)
- Section 16-3-20 - Justification
- Section 16-3-21 - Use of force in defense of self or others; evidence of belief that force was necessary in murder or manslaughter prosecution
- Section 16-3-22 - Immunity from criminal liability of persons rendering assistance to law enforcement officers
- Section 16-3-22.1 - Persons who provide assistance to law enforcement officers or the Division of Family and Children Services when the health and safety of children are adversely affected and threatened
- Section 16-3-23 - Use of force in defense of habitation
- Section 16-3-23.1 - No duty to retreat prior to use of force in self-defense
- Section 16-3-24 - Use of force in defense of property other than a habitation
- Section 16-3-24.1 - Habitation and personal property defined
- Section 16-3-24.2 - Immunity from prosecution; exception
- Section 16-3-25 - Entrapment
- Section 16-3-26 - Coercion
- Section 16-3-27 - Benefit of clergy
- Section 16-3-28 - Affirmative defenses
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